(A/N) Hello All! And welcome to this new series! I am super excited to release this one to you all, it's been something I've been planning for quite a long time. It actually was its own individual story idea long before I realized how perfect it would be for a Miraculous AU fanfic. This story will definitely be longer than True Miraculous Night was with what I want to do with it. With that said if there is anything you want to see in the story please feel free to let me know and I'll see what I can do. Now before we begin I should explain a few more things. Like I mentioned before this is an AU which means they're not superheroes, the kwamis will have a different purpose in this that you'll just have to wait and see. The magic in this story is somewhat hidden to the general public as well. Also, they are all Aged Up as well, I'm thinking about 25 or so.

DISCLAIMER TIME: I do not own Miraculous or anything like that I am just huge fan trash.

With these things said let's dive right in with chapter 1!

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No one really paid any mind to the fuming blonde walking down the street late at night. His green eyes venomous with anger as he trudged around Paris with no real destination in mind.

Adrien Agreste was at his wits end. For so long he has been under his father's tight restrictions and he feels like any day now he is going to reach his breaking point. For once he was lucky to be able to walk around like he was now without his bodyguard in tow. Why did his father still treat him like a child? Sometimes Adrien wished that he could be free of all the commitments and work his father had put on his shoulders.

Whether he liked it or not that wish would come true this evening…

As he walked by a random alley he could not help but feel drawn to it. Something strange and enticing was reaching out to him as he stared down it's darkened path. In the back of his mind, warning signs were going off as his body moved him down the alleyway. As he reached the end he found himself in an open area that housed the backs of various businesses with only the way he came in as the exit. There was nothing out of the ordinary there so what drew him there?

"Well hello there handsome."

He whipped around to the voice of a woman. He was met with olive green eyes that looked at him mischievously. She had long brown hair that had two small portions tied up on either side of her face. She was dressed rather strangely and had a fox tail necklace standing out among rather dark clothing. It seemed to draw him in in a weird way. Shaking himself out of his trance he looked back up to her face.

"Think you could help a girl out? I promise to make it worth your while."

Her voice was dripping with sweetness. Adrien felt compelled to say yes but there were so many danger warnings in his head that he snaps himself out of it again.

"Sorry, now if you'll excuse me I really need to go."

He made his way back to the alley only to have his body freeze. He couldn't move at all. It was like something was holding him there.

"So, you're resistant to my charms… Well then I guess I'll just have to have fun with you a different way."

Charms? What is she talking about? Why can't I move? What is even happening?

His body is spun around and he's looking at her again. He shudders as the mischievous look from before is now one of pure evil.

"Let's see… What to do with you… So many options to choose after all…"

He can only watch her as she walks around him. Talking about who knows what as he feels chills going down his spine. As she walks in front of him again she suddenly snaps her fingers and looks at him with glee.

"I know! I haven't done this one yet. And I can even make it as long and as painful as I want! But before I do," She flicks her hand and he is able to see some type of barrier forming in a circle around them, "this way no one will see you or hear your scream."

She laughs, causing him to shudder again. He doesn't know exactly what is happening but there is a sudden shift in the air. He watches as she moves towards him, pulling out a small, strange dagger, and proceeds to prick his right ring finger. She collects a drop on the knife and steps away from him. The force holding him there dissipates as she starts to chant in a strange language. This is his chance to get the heck out of there before she does anything to him. That was at least… until the pain started.

It starts with his eyes, they are stinging like nothing he has ever experience and they are forced shut. When he opens them again he finds he can strangely see better in the darkness that surrounds them. He grasps his head in pain only to feel strange appendages protruding out of the top of his head. The woman has stopped chanting and is watching him with that same evil glint from earlier. He cries out as floods of pain swarm at once to different parts of his body as he feels himself pitch forward now unable to stand. His clothes start to hang more and for some reason are getting bigger on his body. He looks down at his hands that are planted on the ground to see them covered in black and clawed, shifting to look no longer like human hands. He looks back up to her trying to speak only to have no words come out of his mouth. He can only feel the pain of his bones shifting, his muscles pulling, and an uncontrollable warm itch that spreads across his entire body. His eyes squeeze shut again due to the pain.

"I'd love to keep this going on but I sense someone coming… It was fun playing with you to say the least… Enjoy your new body…" With that she utters another strange chant and there is a sudden shift in his body.

The pain has stopped. He hears her laughter disappear into thin air. Slowly but surely, he opens his eyes to find her gone, as if she was never there in the first place. The world seeming much bigger than before. He somehow manages to get out of the shirt that is much larger than his body. He's shaking as he looks around him, trying to figure out what just happened and why his body feels so strange.

"It appears I was too late."

A strange new voice jolts him out of his thoughts. An old man is standing right in from of him looking at him with guilt filled eyes.

"I sensed someone using the curse and came as fast as possible, I'm sorry I couldn't get here sooner."

Adrien tries to speak to the stranger, only to have a mewl come out that confuses him only more.

"I think you should see what has happened before I explain anything else."

The old man pulls a mirror out of thin air and leans down to show Adrien his reflection. It's easy to say he was not expecting what he saw.

A cat. A black cat with green eyes was staring back at him in the mirror. He yowls in surprise and jumps back.

"I'm afraid whoever did this cast the Anim curse on you. I can help you reverse it but it will take some time. You will have to stay with someone I know until I find the one who did this."

This is all so strange to Adrien, the man is talking about curses and reversing them, does this mean that magic really does exist? Then again, he should have realized this when he saw his cat-self looking back at him. This old man in front of him seems different from the girl who did this, something tells him he can trust this man. With that decided he looks back up to him and nods knowing he cannot speak. The stranger chuckles and walks closer towards him, picking up what Adrien had been wearing just moments before.

"Very good, let us go then."

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And there you have it! Thoughts? Opinions? Please feel free to leave them in a review! I might even get the next chapter out this week since I really loved writing this one.

Other story announcement before I go. Marchers will most likely have a chapter out this week as usual. I will try to get Laser-Focus finished up this week as well but no promises on that one.

As always dear readers… Lots of Love to you All!

~Imperial